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Despite significant recommended cuts from NSF for Arecibo, Cornell astronomers are optimistic about observatory's future

Nov. 7, 2006

By Lauren Gold
LG34@cornell.edu

On Nov. 3, the Senior Review, an advisory panel to the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences, recommended a 24 percent cut in funding over the next three years for Arecibo Observatory, which Cornell manages as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC). The panel also advised NAIC to find outside partners to cover another recommended 40 percent funding cut by 2011 or risk closure.

Despite this news, Cornell astronomers remained upbeat about the long-term future of the telescope.

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